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Auction: 21014 - Stamps and Covers of South East Asia - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 112

Straits Settlements
Early Letters and Handstamps
Transit Mail
Bali
1848 entire letter from a Danish trader J.M. Lang at Bally Badong "Care of Messers. J.R. Paterson & Co. Singapore" and "via Marseilles" to Copenhagen, carried privately to Singapore, variously rated and showing, on reverse "Forwarded by W.R.P. & Co. Singapore", Alexandria British P.O. datestamp, Malta disinfected handstamp and Hamburg datestamp (20.11), contents include "Trade here in the Indies is going very badly. For the moment things are peaceful here but the coast except for Badong is blockaded everywhere. Recently here the Dutch were driven on board their ships by the people of Bally"; highly unusual. Photo

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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£120